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In the midst of a global market crisis, a survey by the World Economic Forum has proclaimed Canada to have the world’s soundest banking system.

Placing just behind were Sweden, Luxembourg, Australia and Denmark in the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, released on Wednesday in Switzerland.

Twelve-thousand corporate executives around the world were interviewed on a number of questions and ranked banks around the world on a scale of one to seven — one being insolvent and possibly in need of government assistance and seven being entirely healthy.

The top 10 soundest banking countries are as follows:

• Canada (6.8)
• Sweden (6.7)
• Luxembourg (6.7)
• Australia (6.7)
• Denmark (6.7)
• Netherlands (6.7)
• Belgium (6.6)
• New Zealand (6.6)
• Ireland (6.6)
• Malta (6.6)

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This bird’s-eye view of Kutztown University in Pennsylvania was the first image ever seen by the GeoEye-1, the world’s highest-resolution commercial satellite sponsored by Google, when it opened its camera door earlier this week.

The 4,300-pound satellite collected the image at noon EDT on Oct. 7 while moving from the north pole to the south pole in a 423-mile-high orbit at 17,000 miles per hour, or 4.5 miles per second. The spacecraft can take photos at a resolution of up to 41 cm — close enough to zoom in on the home plate of a baseball diamond, according to Mark Brender, GeoEye’s vice president of communications and marketing.

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